The Dillon tribune., 1887-12-02
AT ThLMAGE'S TAEERNAclF
Interior Dernrat icns--Ti,r G,c, Inc. p,,,.,.

A"tcTi"r rDc"nraticns--Ti,n Gpc,.is... Prayc-.
The Preacher. ~ Els Preaching.
The tabernacle has nothing inoosiDe.
aoolit it. Next 10 plymouth I i one Of
,h2 IonelieS church buildings in Brook
lSn 1ro1n auT external po;at ul view.
lGCha'HE 5000 people Were laticotlv
waiting ,oc The iron gates to un, II on SIM
day morning. some OF tll>M ia'ust have
been in the street al hour, ara Nllca the
IRON gates Une,eI there was Il rash irr The
nnreseryc'l pcws and they ~r9c quickly
hl!G'l. When tlp services commenced
every seat wa> occupied. People were
sitting III some OF the aislea. ;llN The space
between the back pevs and The wall IVES
packed with standing auditors.
said something in Il furlln, letter
about the interior OF the Talprn%,lr, i,,i
its gold, silver. biue and green ,S seen .; =,
uouhi2 "hNunl::.ge from tian i'"lcnl,N. It's
decorations wouii he apprcrria1c lUr any
li"2>;}t theatre or hall. Two or three
peoi!" ii The hnltu,lS. one ,Df them u lady,
l"calnc 80 impressed with lhc secular
characteristics OF the place !i:,t ,.py pro-
ceelied to study morning ,.uppls. iut
usl'crs made y descent upon ,i4ei, a..! the
papers were p0rkctci again. s;,,!ucl:u,ly
fa'nt2,! and there was /, sliyn, vunlluotiun
u half dozen reporter, and Strno-rapherS
filed down an aisle to the space before th,,
pulpit and company OF cadets marched
II, as the great organ hclchet cu, the first
heavy chords of the orcnn. Voluntary
! Then everybody standing. :Hn.s '.lIaiso
God from whom all blessings iloN," and
the pastor made the opening prayer stand
ing, while ,hr congregation sal. | an,
thus tletini," hvca,ssc there are scores OF
Presbyterian churches that would pro-
! badly consider the sitting pasture. us a
practice. ui~rr-In"1illl in ,.> extreme
Only two Years ago | lccsll ;Ill incident in
Il western New York ioWn in which the
minister told his bearers it would he bet
ter lur hem to stay 1T home than thus to
s|'W their weak spiritual condition to the
World
! Attc: the prayer the people, led by /,
! cornet player. accoinpa ed the thunder nf
the organ song. Hold the Fort" Several
thousand people is II g.ait chorus vl,en
everybody sings. Then we had Il cornet
solo rs the collection was taken.
have told you before how the preachcl
{ looks, but his preaching is illlcscribable
AN sorry that it is not like that of any
body else. without any fear Of contradic-
,ion. His methods are peculiar but not
fantastic, dramatic but not sensational, rs
think. Sucl, differences Of opinion exist
about this preacher. however, that want
TO try to express how most Of his auditor:
regard him.
One Of the queer tignres of speech
heard the other day ut the Tabernacle was
from the pastor in speaking about the
self righteous grinding away at tht
wintllass of the dry we'll of earthly salts
faction.* One of the things heard thai
pleased everybody and didn't seem to Il,
amy haMn was 'I}oulanger's March,
with the use of the great organs bell sto.
in the second strain. played just bcfor,
The sermon.
A free thinking friend Of mine from
Cattaraugus county attended this openin;
service with me. II tell you,'' said he
If lived here I'd never miss, that ser
vice. Yet. he said he hadn't been insid
II church Tor five years. He was enter
tanned, heard Il sermon that saint or sin
ner alone could find meat III Witho,,
Wearsonc encounters viii, doctril:al mat
ters, and since they SAY anything Eear'
or seen has all undying influence he Wa
influenced for good rather than evil, M
sure.
BY the way, Mr.. Talmaye Told me on
day that he asked no greater recognition
for what he had t'one than t'.c Inscription
on his tombstone, "Tainngr> u Popular
Preacher. ''--Mcl)onal, in Buffalo E.N
press.